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A state level of socio-political cohesion is thus a function of the degree of congruence between the web of domestic historical memories and identity consciousnesses and the three basic state structures under conditions of adaptability to the imperatives of the three global structures. Second, a theory of state implosion is elaborated. State implosion evolves through a five-stage process under conditions of domestic identity politics and adaptability to the imperatives of the global environment. The dissertation identifies two important, though neglected, variables--historical memory and identity consciousness--to explain state implosion. More specifically, rival historical memories and incompatible identities held by divergent groups ignite two processes: a fragmentation of state legitimacy and a disintegration of state authority under conditions of adaptability imperatives to the global environment. The dissertation combines the case study approach and the comparative historical analysis to test the five-stage theory in three empirical cases--Lebanon in 1975, Algeria in 1992, and Yugoslavia in 1991-92. In all three cases, rival group historical memories and antagonistic group identity consciousnesses were unyielding social-structural conditions which strongly molded the evolution of the state towards implosion.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:31:32Z (GMT). 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